THE aSTIG is the name given to the mysterious custom-vehicle connoisseur of CustomPinoyRides.com. He is not to be confused with The Stig of Top Gear, though attribution goes to The Stig.
THE aSTIG’s name is derived from the Filipino word “ASTIG” – a slang for “TIGAS”, which, when used as an adjective, translates to English as “HARD”, “TOUGH”, “INTENSE”, and “UNFAZED”.
THE aSTIG’s true identity is kept a mystery. In order to maintain secrecy, all his pictures portray him covered in an all-white racing suit with matching white racing helmet. The only clue, as what can be seen from the gap between his suit and helmet, is that he is male, with fair skin, and dark hair. Those who know him say he wears size 10 racing boots.
The CustomPinoyRides.com editors claim that there is a clause in THE aSTIG’s contract which states that should his identity be revealed, either by his own doing or through a member of the CustomPinoyRides staff, he has to be fired. It was later revealed that this is because people will forget about the cars and focus on him instead, as his physical charisma rivals that of his ability to write about, and photograph cars.
His primary function is to write about, and take photographs of anything and everything to do about customizing cars. All his work, extraordinary ideas, and coverage about never-before seen or made customs can be found at CustomPinoyRides.com – the premier online car show and e-magazine featuring custom cars, bikes, and 4x4s in the Philippines.
Some say that his secret to making tuner cars go faster is by mixing three drops of Manny Pacquiao’s sweat with every liter of fuel. And that the immense low-pressure area caused when he did a burnout on a twin-charged (turbo and supercharged) Honda Civic running this fuel mixture brought forth the arrival of Typhoon Ondoy; and when he did it again on a diesel 4×4 Toyota Fortuner on 20-inch Dubs and 35-inch Mud-Terrain tires, Typhoon Pepeng arrived. All we know is… he’s called THE aSTIG.
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Who have you been hunting for? Me?
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Hey I thought you drive the JDM holy grail GT-R instead (as shown in the pic)…
Haha!
There was a funny story saying the reason I no longer drive the GT-R is because of this:
http://pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?p=40297071
Hahaha!
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